Archive for December 17th, 2008
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world’s leading provider of WiMAX™ and wireless broadband solutions, today announced that it was awarded a $6 million contract by ICE (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad), Costa Rica’s leading incumbent operator for telecommunications and electricity. Under the terms of the agreement Alvarion will implement a turnkey project to provide advanced broadband services, deploying its 4Motion® solution with its WiMAX Forum Certified™ BreezeMAX® 2500 platform, and enabling ICE to enhance its network performance while providing customers with advanced means of communication. (more…)
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
A win against Ecuador, which was already necessary prior to the Germany-Poland game, now may be the only result that keeps Costa Rican hopes alive in the tournament. Even though a tie will not disqualify the Central American team, a win over Ecuador will leave both teams with 3 points and one game to play. But while Ecuador will face the heavy favoured Germans, Costa Rica will play Poland – which has already lost twice in the tournament. So, if the Ticos can somehow manage to defeat the South Americans today they will take a giant step towards making the second round. It will be a difficult game, but it is possible!
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Opponents of the Tratado Libre de Comercio (TLC) – free trade agreement with the United States – apparently will not stop until the December 31 deadline passes and the trade deal is dead.
The latest roadblock is the failure of the legislature to approve two of the four nominations to the Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SUTEL). (more…)
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